financial aid info on collegeboard

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:50:38 +0000

i was doing college search on collegeboard.com and if you look here:
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1464&profileId=9
it says for Upenn:
Number of enrolled international undergraduates received aid: 263
Total amount awarded : $8,703,196
Does anyone have an idea what portion of the 263 undergraduates are freshmen?
also, if you divide the amount by the number of people it gives $33092 per person. does it mean that a person receives over 30k (avg) each year?

Now look at Wesleyan:
Number of enrolled international undergraduates received aid: 138
Total amount awarded : $6,237,178
6237178/138 gives $45196/person which is very close to the sum of tuiton and room/board ($45652)! This is really pretty generous! (although i have no idea how much of it is actually grant.)

i am wondering… is collegeboard really that accurate??